Interview with Margie Ann Willoughby Sumner, June 17, 1992

Interview Summary

This interview with Kentucky native Margie Ann Willoughby Sumner primarily focuses on her small farm in Cane Creek (Ky.). She gives an overview of her genealogy. Sumner gives a brief overview of her life, including the various places she lived, her education, and her marriage to her husband, Yul Sumner. Next, Sumner talks about her husband?s forays into farming, including growing corn, raising cattle, horses and ponies, and growing tobacco, and outlines the work that she does on the farm. Sumner also discusses how she and her husband balanced their regular jobs with part-time farming, and the decline in the agriculture business. She also talks about the use of folk medicine and home remedies. Sumner then discusses her involvement with the Stanton Homemakers? Club and talks about the National Young Farmer Farmers? Clubs (NFYFC). She then talks about the importance of environmentalism and conservation.

Interview Keyword

Beekeeping Cattle Corn Environmental awareness Farm buildings Farm labor Folk medicine Heritage farms Homemakers Club Livestock Mechanization Pests Subsistence farming Tobacco farming Women's role on farm Young Farmers Association

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Country life Family farms Farm life. Agriculture

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